Why do people always ask about jobs rather than asking whether I am happy with my life?

Why do people always ask about jobs rather than asking whether I am happy with my life?

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  • People spend the vast majority of their waking hours working - it's their way of trying to measure you and find common ground for conversation.    Even if they hate their job, looking for a new one is still an acceptable conversation.        Lifestyles vary hugely so that's a less likely to score a hit that they can talk about.

    There's also the biggy - most people do not think about their life - and if they do, they are universally unhappy with it -  so that's going to be a hard conversation. 

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  • People spend the vast majority of their waking hours working - it's their way of trying to measure you and find common ground for conversation.    Even if they hate their job, looking for a new one is still an acceptable conversation.        Lifestyles vary hugely so that's a less likely to score a hit that they can talk about.

    There's also the biggy - most people do not think about their life - and if they do, they are universally unhappy with it -  so that's going to be a hard conversation. 

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